View of Toronto city from CN Tower
I know I haven’t been the best with keeping the blog up to date and its been two weeks since my last post. Yikes! Sorry about that! Even though I am kind of aware that you didn’t miss me much but for the sake of my own happiness I’ll assume that you did. Its always a good ego boost if you think people miss you (even when they don’t) and these days any kind of ego boost will do for me.
If you read my last post, you would know I started a cake decorating course at Bonnie Gordon College.
Last week was the first week of classes and while I love love love the school, the teachers, what we get to learn, piping, decorating etc etc it was a very, very intimidating first week for me.
The dummy cake I practiced on.
A lot of my classmates are people who already have a running business or have sold some cakes on the side. So the first week, I just felt so lost, which made me feel so flustered during classes. I kind of had a breakdown as well and was telling V I do not know if I was cut out for this course. The course thankfully is designed in a way to accommodate beginners, but it can be intimidating if you don’t have much experience, especially when your other classmates do. The key is not to compare yourself with others and that’s what I have been trying to do. I have always been a little competitive, but in this particular situation it would be really foolish of me to compete with the others. Instead, now I am aiming to learn as much as I can and am hoping I get better as we go. Either way I love it that I am learning so much and when not under a time pressure, enjoying myself to the hilt.
My first fondant decorated actual cake ever!
This was supposed to be a multi loop bow but it did not turn out as it was supposed to :/
The worst part of the course is the traveling though. I am staying with my mom’s brother and his family and its a two hour walk-bus-subway-bus-walk journey from his house to my college. My uncle did drop me off the first week, and picked me up in the afternoon when I had a cake to carry, but yesterday I thought of bussing it to college in the morning as well. Which meant I had to be out of the house before 5am! Its not the ideal situation but it did give me time to draft this post on my phone.
And since I was doing that, I thought of making it a theme of sorts and am posting a couple of pics I have taken of Toronto, its suburbs and around. All these pics have been taken and edited on my phone, so please excuse the quality!
Fireworks at Niagara Falls. Taken the day I arrived.
Ship docked at Toronto Harbor. Taken on Canada Day.
The path I take everyday from my bus stop to my uncle’s house
The bench next to the pathway. Its always empty. Probably because it is so hot!!
Run down house on the way to my cousin’s work, on Elgin Mills
By the way, I just freaking love the sky here in Toronto. I have always been a cloud kind of a person, and can admire them for hours, but the sky and the clouds here in Toronto are one of the prettiest I have seen.
Toronto Harbor
Elgin Mills
Sunset, Richmond Hill
Residential area, Markham
Orthodox Ukranian Church
Besides the clouds, I just love the electricity poles everywhere surrounding the city. And love clicking them. So excuse me again if you find too many pics of those.
And then there are the trees and the grass. So much greenery. Well, after Arizona anything would seem green, but the yellow and white flowers in between the grass growing wild just make the whole place that much more pretty. And the drive to my cousin’s work place is absolutely scenic with yellow wheat and green maize fields .
Last week also saw a lot of rains in Toronto, causing floods and power outages in the city, but it did make a for a pretty Toronto!
And last but definitely not the least, here is the Giveaway winner. Im really sorry for announcing the results so late but well, better late than never, right!
Congratulations Margot!
I have sent you an email as well. Please let me know when you receive it!
I’m always glad to see a new post on TNH… so, you are missed!
I live about 45 min. from Toronto. It is so interesting to see it through your eyes.
Have you ever been to Vancouver?
I have not seen anyone else fancy electricity poles 😛
Nice to know what you’ve been up to, sorry to hear about the commute :-/
You ARE cut out for the course – you have amazing talent and creativity.
Wishing you all the best – learn all you can … and keep posting updates 🙂
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You made those cakes and you’re saying you’re not a pro? You’re kidding me… 🙂 Seriously, they look awesome and I bet yummy too. Nice captures too. Thanks for sharing. 🙂
That fondant cake looks amazing! Don’t worry about being less experienced. Think of it this way- this means you can learn from the other students AND the teacher! Lovely pics of toronto.
what are you talking about – that cake is gorgeousssssssssss. Have fun dear 🙂
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Just found you via your comments on Spusht. There are like 4 recipes that I would try right off the bat on your home page itself. Pinning those and book marking the page. Will come back to read up more and will let you know how they turn out for sure.
Nice to see pictures of Canada. Good luck with your baking classes. Thanks for the nice pictures and have a great day.
i missed ur posts for sure. i actually checked twice to see if i am not getting alerts . but there were no new posts and photos are good qua;ity. which phone do u have?
For a first timer, that fondant cake looks beautiful! Have fun..
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I absolutely love the first picture from CN tower. All the pictures following are gorgeous too. You are amazing at cake decorating. What are you smokin? Beautiful!
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Beautiful photos! Beautiful cakes! Glad to see you back. Take care, BAM
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All the pictures are amazing. And the cakes? Oh my God. I am a fondant novice but I can vouch for the fact that these are very gorgeous. And the first few days are the hardest. Slowly, you’ll feel right at home. Have a good time in Canada!
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